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Time To Pay The Piper (Donate) I received this message from the Groups.io folks: “This is a friendly reminder that your Premium Groups.io group [email protected] will be

Corona Foothill Lemon Company A post by David Eck. Description: Ten Men and a Boy Sorting Lemons at Corona Foothill Lemon Company This image is circa 1910. Sorting lemons is an all-male endeavor at

Upland Packing House A post on the Facebook Upland Proud group. Date: Early 1900s Photo: Upland Public Library My Notes: Specific packing house not identified. Packing crate labels could be from one

Steve has it right, Lance. It was lanterns, the standard method of relaying signals at night (or in the dark). As long as you have a line-of-sight, you’re good. Keith Jordan

I understand there were specific contractual agreements by the 1950's between PFE and eastern railroads on handling of empty PFE cars. There were concentration points (large yards with frequent

“Do you know how the crews relayed signals to the engineer on those movements at night? I believe that was before radio (?)” Lanterns. Best regards, Steve Steve Haas Snoqualmie, WA

Keith, Do you know how the crews relayed signals to the engineer on those movements at night? I believe that was before radio (?) Thanks Lance Buckahmmer Kingman, AZ

One of the difficulties for model train operations is the car moves made by a shipper/consignee without a locomotive.? Perhaps you have to allow the use of the good old 0-5-0....

PFE Empty Reefer Routing Question A discussion on the Groups.io Real Steam Era Freight Car Discussion group. William Botkin wrote: I am creating empty car cards and waybills for PFE reefers on my

The 1953 Reissue of Superintendent's Bulletin Instructions for the LA Division noted that there was a 5-cell Flashlight at Santa Ana for crews shoving up the Venta Spur and it was to be returned to

Bob and Others, Cliff’s description of operations on the Santa Fe’s Venta Spur is terrific. I can add one thing. He mentions that they worked the spur at night backwards (waycar first). Retired

Sunkist Billboard A post by Bruce Little He comments: Here's a Sunkist advertising billboard in Seattle, Washington from the 1930s. The display features illuminated Sunkist lettering on top, with a

Cliff, when you say loaded cars were rolled out of the way so the next could be loaded, how was that roll accomplished? Did the packing house have a car pulling device? Or did?packing house crews

The Irvine Ranch leg of Santa Fe's Venta Spur had two Orange packing houses. The Irvine Valencia Grower at Kathryn Station was a large packing house that packed and shipped significant acres of

Bob Klempner commented: Running UP trains thru Riverside sometimes we had to stop our Eastbound trains just past the UP depot while waiting to enter Santa Fe rails at Riverside Junction. The head

Riverside-Highgrove Citrus Association A post by David Eck. He comments: Packing House Crew - Riverside-Highgrove Citrus Association - Circa 1940s A group of men stand near citrus crates with Blue

Peter Hayward commented: The body of one of these cars has been saved and is at the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield, Ca.

Bruce - My memory is that you could load a 40 ft ice bunker reefer in 5-6 hours.? I'm trying to find a source to back that up, but can't find any.? Normally, the empties would be delivered overnight

I am asking this question from a modeling standpoint and looking for advice for operations. How often did cars get set out and picked up at Citrus packing houses. I know it varies so maybe some

Freight Cars In Detroit (Icing Platform) A post by Andrew Henderson on the Facebook Railroad Images of Bygone Days group. He comments: Original caption: “A general view of a train yard in the